Psychology
- November 14, 2012
Cowell alum elected president of the California Psychological Association
Robert deMayo (Cowell, psychology, '78) has been elected president of the California Psychological Association, one of the largest professional associations representing psychologists in the nation.
- October 30, 2012
Early Education Services wins funding to expand hours, services for students
A $165,000 grant to Early Education Services at UC Santa Cruz has enabled the program to extend childcare hours for students' children and provide an observation room for developmental psychology research.
- October 19, 2012
Social Sciences division honors teaching, staff, and scholarship
Social Science faculty, staff, and students honored for outstanding achievement, teaching excellence, and scholarship.
- September 28, 2012
Memorials honoring Aaronette White set for October 3 and 18
Memorial celebrations of the life of Professor Aaronette White are scheduled for October 3 and 18 on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
- September 10, 2012
Memorial honoring the life of M. Brewster Smith set for September 30
A memorial celebrating the life of UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Psychology M. Brewster Smith is set for Sunday, September 30, 2012, from 2-4 p.m. in the La Feliz Room at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab.
- August 14, 2012
In Memoriam – Aaronette M. White
Professor Aaronette M. White, a gifted professor of social psychology who loved teaching and was beloved by her students, has died unexpectedly at age 51.
- August 06, 2012
Professor emeritus M. Brewster Smith dies at 93
M. Brewster Smith, professor emeritus of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, whose research and testimony contributed to the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that banned school segregation, died Saturday in Santa Cruz.
- June 19, 2012
UCSC prison expert Haney testifies on the perils of solitary confinement
UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Craig Haney, the nation's leading expert on inmate mental health, told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday that, for many inmates, "solitary confinement precipitates a descent into madness."
- June 15, 2012
UCSC's Psychology Department wins national award for public service
The Psychology Department at UC Santa Cruz has won a prestigious national award from the American Psychological Association (APA) for service in the psychological sciences.
- June 06, 2012
UCSC psychology society holds first undergraduate research conference
The UC Santa Cruz chapter of Psi Chi is highlighting undergraduate research in psychology this week as it hosts the department's first Undergraduate Research Conference.
- April 24, 2012
Haney joins commission to study high rates of incarceration
UC Santa Cruz professor of psychology Craig Haney has been named to a National Academy of Science panel of leading scholars and experts on corrections to study the causes and consequences of high rates of incarceration in the United States.
- April 11, 2012
Aronson, Palca win Social Sciences division awards
The UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Division has named NPR science correspondent Joe Palca and psychology professor emeritus Elliot Aronson as winners of its distinguished alumni and emeriti faculty awards.
- March 09, 2012
Bridgeman named winner of Dickson emeriti award
Bruce Bridgeman, professor emeritus of psychology and psychobiology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named the Edward A. Dickson Professor of Psychology for the 2012-13 academic year.
- February 03, 2012
Phillip Hammack receives early career award in psychology
Phillip. L. Hammack, assistant professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named recipient of the 2011 Early Career Award of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Division of Peace Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA).
- January 27, 2012
Catherine Cooper wins 2012 Social Policy Book Award
A book published last year by psychology professor Catherine Cooper has been selected for the 2012 Social Policy Book Award by the Society for Research in Adolescence.
